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Here is the shocking true story of the manhunt for the most frightening brutal serial killer of modern times. As the killer stalked train stations for the new young prey, Detective Burakov stalked him, while an archaic Soviet system put every obstacle in his way. Overwhelmed by the sheer horror of the killer's deeds and haunted by the specters... more » of the dead, Burakov broke the rules of Soviet police work: he secretly asked a psychiatrist to create a psychological profile of the killer, which allowed Burakov to get inside the mind of the world's most dangerous man« less